Conductivity, Temperature, and Depth (CTD) sensors are in situ instrument packages that are used to measure water depth, pressure, salinity, temperature, and density in the ocean. CTD sensors can be deployed on various water-based platforms such as autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs), buoys, gliders, or research vessels. When deployed on a vessel, CTD sensors are typically attached to a rosette and then lowered to the seafloor to measure water properties. CTD sensors have a typical sampling rate of 30 Hz and can collect precise measurements for a specific water depth depending on the researcher's needs.
Instrument Details
- Multi
- Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Pressure > Water PressureEarth Science > Oceans > Bathymetry/seafloor Topography > Water DepthEarth Science > Oceans > Salinity/density > ConductivityEarth Science > Oceans > Salinity/density > DensityEarth Science > Oceans > Salinity/density > SalinityEarth Science > Oceans > Ocean Temperature > Water TemperatureEarth Science > Oceans > Salinity/density
- Sea Floor, Subsurface - Sea/Ocean/Water
- 30 Hz
- Point
- N/A
- https://doi.org/10.1575/1912%2F647
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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, D-2 Inc., nke Instrumentation, Sea-Bird Scientific
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